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J. P. GOULD.

EAVEs THOUGH. No. 280,73 Patented July 3, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIQE.

JOSHUA P. GOULD, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

EAVES-TR bUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,737, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed April 10, was. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSHUA P. GOULD, of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Eaves-Troughs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in eaves-troughs; and it consists, first, in the combination of the trough, having suitable slots made in its upper edge, with bands which are passed through these slots and then doubled upon themselves and fastened loosely to the roof, whereby the trough can expand and contract withouttearing itself loose; second, in a spout which is rolled up from strips of sheet metal which are wider than necessary, and which form volutes which can expand and contract, as will be more fully described hereinafter. I

Figure 1 is a top plan View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of a trough embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is avertical section of a modification of the fastening used to fasten the lower edge of the trough. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the fastening device, taken on the dottedline in Fig. l.

A represents an ordinary tin gutter or trough, which has a series of slots, B, cut through its upper edge. Through these slots are passed the strips, 0, of sheet metal,which are doubled upon themselves and then nailed loosely at their upper ends to the roof. Copper or any other nails which will not readily rust will be preferably used, as it is intended that these strips shall play back and forth upon the nails as their pivots, so as to allow the trough to freely expand and contract without tearing itself loose. These nails being passed through the upper ends of the strips, the lower ends are left free to move back and forth with the trough. As this trough is provided with slots of greater length than is absolutely necessary to pass the strip through, and as the strips are pivoted at their upper ends, it will readily be Seen that the trough can move endwise in the eave, this trough may be made adjustablein a number of different ways. There the edge of the trough may be slotted, and a nail, screw, or other device be passeddown through the slot, so as to prevent the edge' of the cutter from rising upward. Under the head of the nail, screw, or other device will be placed a suitable washer; but this nail, screw, or washer will not interfere with the endwise movement of the trough. In order to cover this slot and the nail or screw which is passed through it, a suitable cap may be soldered over them, so as to hide them completely from view, Fig. 4.

Instead ofpthe slot, there may be attached to the outer edge of the eaves a piece of metal, a, which has its upper end passed through a slot in a cap-piece, e, and then bent outward. The trough A then has its outer edge bent over and under this turned-out end, as shown. The cap-piece e is slotted where the end of the piece a passes through it, so as to allow the trough to move endwise as it contracts and expands. \Vhen the piece a and the edge of the trough A are fastened together, as shown in Fig. 2, no cap-piece is needed.

.Many other ways may be adopted for attaching the outer edge of the trough to the eaves, so as to allow it a free endwise movement, and I do not restrict myself to any particular'method, for this maybe varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The vertical spout or outlet P, through which the water is carried off from the gutter, is formed in the shape of a volute. I take wider strips of metal than are necessary to simply form a tube, and then wind these strips so as to form a volute, as shown. These vo lutes allow for expansion and contraction. Where this spout or outlet passes through the gutter and down through the eaves is the only point at which the gutter is fastened, so as to prevent endwise movement, and this being but a single point allows the gutter to expand and contract in both directions beyond it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of the gutter, having a series 01' slots made through its uppei' edge, In testimonywhereofill aflixlnysignatui'e in with the strips which are passed through these presence of two witnesses.

slots,bent upon then1selves,aud then fastened loosely to the roof at their upper ends, so as JOSHUA PRINFE GOULD. to allow the gutter to expand and contract,

I substantially as shown. 1 XVitnessesz 2. A spout or outlet formed in the shape of A. L. SIMPsON, a volute, substantially as set forth. GORELLI XV. SIMPSON. 

